[IAIDO-L] Kendo News - May 2006 PNKF Newsletter
Thomas Bolling
Volume 20, number 5
May 2006
1. Jun 3/4, PNKF Iaido Seminar, Sat/Sun, SnoKing, Bitter Lake Community
Center, 13035 Linden Ave N, Seattle, WA. Visiting Sensei are Iaido Kyoshi
8th Dan Hideo Noguchi; Iaido Kyoshi 7th Dan Shigehiro Aoki; and Iaido 6th
Dan Kaoru Suzuki. Fee is $60.00. Saturday lunch $6.00.
June 3 - 9:30am-4:30pm
June 4 - 9:30am-2:30pm, followed by barbecue 2:30pm-4:00pm
2. Jul 1, PNKF Board, Sat, 2-4pm, Kent.
3. Jul 7/8/9, Obukan Kendo and Iaido Seminar, with 6 teachers from the Joge/
Fukuyama/Hiroshima area, Fri/Sat/Sun, Obukan.
4. Jul 17-22, PNKF Junior Seminar, Mon through Sat.
5. Jul 29/30, PNKF Kendo Seminar and Shinsa, Sat/Sun, Kent. Visiting
Sensei Kendo Kyoshi 7th Dan Mark Grivas, 2 time U.S. Men's Kendo Champion.
6. Aug 12, PNKF Iaido Seminar and Shinsa, Sat, location to be announced.
7. Sep 30, PNKF Board, Sat, 2-4pm, Kent.
8. Oct 14, PNKF Shinpan Seminar, Sat, Kent.
9. Oct 21, Tacoma Junior Taikai, Sat, 10am-4pm, Crescent Heights Elementary.
10. Nov 4, PNKF Board, Sat, 2-4pm, Kent.
11. Nov 18, PNKF Taikai, Sat, 9:30am, Kent.
12. Dec 2 or 9, tentative dates, Kent Taikai, Sat, report time 9am,
start 9:30am, Kent.
OTHER DATES
1. May 26/27/28, 30th Anniversary New York City Kendo Club Tournament,
Fri/Sat/Sun.
2. Jun 18, 22nd Annual Leeward Oahu Taikai, Sun, 8:30am-3:30pm, Mililani
District Park Gym.
3. Jun 23/24/25, AUSKF Kendo Camp, Fri/Sat/Sun, Cabrillo High School,
North Gymnasium, 2001 Santa Fe Avenue, Long Beach, California.
Visiting Sensei are Kendo Hanshi 8th Dan Masashi Chiba and Kendo Kyoshi
8th Dan Tatsuaki Kosaka. Fee $45.00. Food and Shinsa fees
additional. Application deadline June 9.
June 23 Godo Keiko with Japan Sensei
June 24 Kendo Seminar
June 25 Kendo Seminar and Kodansha Shinsa
4. Sep 28/29/30/Oct 1, AUSKF Iaido Camp, Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun, Corryville
Recreation Center, 2823 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted by the
Northern Kentucky Kendo Club. Sensei are Takeshi Yamaguchi, Iaido
Renshi 7 Dan - Chief Instructor; Shozo Kato, Iaido Kyoshi 7 Dan;
Tatsuhiko Konno, Iaido Renshi 7 Dan; Yoshitsugu Murosako, Iaido Renshi
7 Dan; Ichiro Murakami, Iaido 6 Dan; Thomas Hooper, Iaido Renshi 6 Dan;
and Dick Anderson, Iaido 6 Dan. Fee $105.00 or $145.00 non-AUSKF.
Food and Shinsa fees additional.
Application deadline September 18.
September 28, 29 Iaido Seminar
September 30 Taikai
October 1 Shinsa
5. Dec 8-10, 13WKC, Taipei, Taiwan.
18th CLEVELAND KENDO TOURNAMENT - April 22, 2006, Case Western Reserve University
Mudansha Women
1st place - Tetsuro Akamatsu, Detroit 1st place - Ryoko Barr, Georgia
2nd place - Travis Hill, Battle Creek 2nd place - Yoshimi DeSouza, Georgia
3rd place - Reijiro Matsuo, Cleveland 3rd place - Yukie Furukawa, Purdue
3rd place - Pavel Litterbach, Georgia 3rd place - Mari Shiveley, Southern Ohio
Junior A Junior B
1st place - Taishi Kato, Shidogakuin CT/NY 1st place - Satoshi Yamauchi, Detroit
2nd place - Dunkin Adams Shidogakuin CT/NY 2nd place - Daisuke Tanabe, Detroit
3rd place - Sharman DeBruhl, East Michigan 3rd place - Nozomi Tsuemoto, Detroit
3rd place - David Haley, Eastern Michigan 3rd place - Taishi Kato, Shidogakuin CT/NY
Junior C 1-2 Dan
1st place - Yuki DeSouza, Georgia 1st place - Yuki DeSouza, Georgia
2nd place - Travis Hill, Battle Creek 2nd place - Ryo Tamaru, Ontario
3rd place - Yuki Araki, Keio NY 3rd place - Jordan Luy, Ontario
3rd place - Keita Kibe, Ontario 3rd place - Ryo Yasumura, Ontario
3 Dan and Above Teams
1st place - Hajime Sugawara, Central Indiana 1st place - Ontario A
2nd place - Atsushi Horiike, NYC 2nd place - Detroit A
3rd place - Robin Tanaka, Ontario 3rd place - NYC A
3rd place - Michael Moscoso, NYC 3rd place - Detroit C
Fighting Spirit Award - Salvador Gonzarez, Cleveland
16th ANNUAL BELLEVUE JUNIOR TAIKAI - May 7, 2004, Bellevue
1st-3rd Grade 4th-6th Grade
1st place - DH Kim, Bellevue 1st place - S. Cresse, Kent
2nd place - M. DeJong, Highline 2nd place - T. Iba, SnoKing
3rd place - D. Sinclair, Spokane
3rd place - C. Marsten, Kent
7th-9th Grade 10th-12th Grade
1st place - S. McNally, Spokane 1st place - J. Nunokawa, Bellevue
2nd place - C. Mills, Kent 2nd place - K. Sasaki, Bellevue
3rd place - G. Burgess, Bellevue 3rd place - T. Imanishi, Cascade
3rd place - L. Cherng, Bellevue 3rd place - J. Koplin, Bellevue
4th place - B. Lim, Bellevue 4th place - J. Hunter, Obukan
4th place - S. Jolly, Kent 4th place - M. Sinclair, Spokane
4th place - I. Cresse, Kent 4th place - J. Vafaeezadeh, Bellevue
4th place - K. Komoto, Kent 4th place - K. Ma, Bellevue
Team Awesome Spirit Award
1st place - Bellevue Red (R. Kim, G. Burgess, Bernice Lin, Bellevue
P. Lin, D. Manning, L. Cherng)
2nd place - Kent (C. Marsten, S. Jolly, K. Komoto,
C. Mills, I. Cresse)
KEIO ACADEMY OF NEW YORK 6TH YOUTH KENDO TOURNAMENT
Division A (13-15) Division B (16-19)
1st place - Ryota Nishimura, Yushinkan 1st place - Daigoro Hirahata, Shodokan
2nd place - Dunkin Adams, Shidogakuin CT 2nd place - Brian McKenna, Yushinkan
3rd place - Taisho Kato, Shidogakuin CT 3rd place - Mark Grey, Shidogakuin CT
3rd place - Martha Adams, Shidogakuin CT 3rd place - Yuuki Araki, Keio
Fighting Spirit - Martha Adams, Shido CT Fighting Spirit - Matthew Leong, Shidogakuin NJ
Ladies Division Team A Division (13-15)
1st place - Sayuri Fujita, Shinbukan 1st place - Shidogakuin CT A
2nd place - Megumi Satake, Keio 2nd place - Yushinkan
3rd place - Martha Adams, Shidogakuin CT 3rd place - Shidogakuin CT B
3rd place - Shidogakuin NJ
Team B Division (16-19)
1st place - Keio A
2nd place - Shodokan
3rd place - Yushinkan B
3rd place - Shinbukan A
PASSAGE
One of the three founding fathers of the San Diego Kendo Bu, Kikuo Uyeji,
Kendo Renshi 6th Dan, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 27, 2006.
He was 82, and had long been suffering from stomach cancer. Born in San Pedro,
California, Uyeji Sensei was gardener by profession. The Dojo was developed in
the 1970's by Uyeji Sensei and John Yamamoto Sensei, with Maki Miyahara Sensei
the sensei of record. People always smile when they talk about Uyeji Sensei,
and often remark on his smiling face, relaxed, easygoing, friendly manner, and
down-to-earth way of talking. As his terminal illness progressed, he could no
longer do Kendo on the floor, but he faithfully continued to attend with his
encouraging presence.
SHINKYU SHINSA
KENDO SHINSA, April 29, 2006, Anchorage, Alaska 4TH KYU: Christopher
Carson (Alaska). 3RD KYU: Adam Choi (Alaska), Kathryn DeSimone (Alaska),
Miguel Martinez (Alaska), Yuta Takagi (Alaska). 2ND KYU: Ann Lethin (Alaska),
Lynn Lethin (Alaska). 1ST KYU: Joseph DeSimone (Alaska), Brett Troute
(Alaska).
THE LAST WORD
I believe that the universe is made up of yin and yang energy and is
limitless. Yin and yang are the basis of all energy (ki), and to develop this
ki in the individual is a sure way of fantastic personal development. This is
how heroes are created. The heart is the spiritual embodiment of ki, and we
have hearts in order to develop our ki. Whether we do this or not depends on
the individual. Everybody should be confident in the wonderful existence we
have in this great universe, and anybody who forges their heart can truly glow.
To try and achieve this in training naturally affords the individual entry into
the way. --Kaku Toshihiko, "Hanshi Says," Kendo World, vol. 3 no. 2 2005, page
39.
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Tom Bolling, Editor - 7318 23rd Avenue N.E., Seattle, WA 98115
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